The U.s. Army in the West, 1870-1880
Subtitle: Uniforms, Weapons, And Equipment
Contributors: John P. Langellier (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: March 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780806137827
Subjects: Military - Weapons; Military; History; History - Military / War; United States - 19th Century; Military - Uniforms; Military - United States
First sentence: WRITING FROM THE HEADQUARTERS of the Thirteenth Infantry in 1875, Colonel Philip Regis De Trobriand observed, "It is a remarkable fact, that the whole story of modern accoutrements can be summed up as a long and obstinate fight between the military governments and authorities, which will persist in loading the soldiers, and the soldiers who will still more obstinately persist in unloading themselves."